The opinion of the court was delivered by: Philip S. Gutierrez United States District Judge

Assigned to the Hon. Philip S. Gutierrez, Ctrm. 880

This action came on regularly for trial on June 22, 2011 in Courtroom 880 of the United States District Court, Central District of California located at 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, California, with the Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez, presiding. Plaintiff Jason Anderson Deats ("Plaintiff") appeared by attorneys Michael J. Olecki and Courtney Puritsky of Grodsky & Olecki LLP. Defendants County of Orange, Orange County Sheriff's Deputy M. LeFlore, Orange County Sheriff's Deputy D. Hennessey, Orange County Sheriff's Deputy J. Puckett, Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Han O, and Orange County Sheriff's Deputy E. Arredondo ("Defendants") appeared by attorneys Norman J. Watkins and Shannon L. Gustafson of Lynberg & Watkins.

A jury of eight persons was duly impaneled and sworn. After the jury was impaneled, one juror was dismissed. The case was ultimately submitted to the seven remaining jurors.

After hearing all of the evidence, the Court instructed the jury and the case was submitted to the jury. The jury deliberated and on July 1, 2011, the jury duly returned the following special verdict in writing:

WE THE JURY, IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED CAUSE, UNANIMOUSLY FIND AS FOLLOWS:

Please answer by unanimous vote the following questions by placing an "X" in the space following the appropriate response:

QUESTION NO. 1: Did any of the Defendants arrest Plaintiff Jason Deats, or cause him to be arrested, without probable cause? Please answer as to each Defendant.

QUESTION NO. 4: Did any of the Defendants interfere with or attempt to interfere with Plaintiff Jason Deats' constitutional rights by threatening or committing violent acts against him? Please answer as to each Defendant.

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